Global deforestation increased in 2023, report finds
Oct 10, 2024 · The 2024 Forest Declaration Assessment report revealed that globally, deforestation increased in 2023, with 6.37 million hectares lost, including 1.4 million hectares lost in key biodiversity areas. The deforestation of 2023 led to 3.8 billion metric tons of carbon emissions. If deforestation emissions were represented as a country, they’d be ...
The lesson we need to teach our nation’s rich | NationofChange
Feb 21, 2023 · Rich married couples last year could exempt $23.4 million of their fortunes from all estate tax and pay no more than a 40 percent tax on any dollar of wealth above that. The Sanders legislation — the “For the 99.5 Percent Act” — would lower that estate tax exemption to $7 million per married couple and up the minimal estate tax rate on ...
Matt Nelson self-immolates outside Israeli consulate in Boston ...
Sep 15, 2024 · Justice; War; Matt Nelson self-immolates outside Israeli consulate in Boston, condemning US support for Gaza genocide. Nelson’s extreme act of protest marks the third self-immolation in the U.S. since Israel’s war on Gaza began, drawing attention to America’s ongoing complicity in the killing of over 41,000 Palestinians.
Iranians continue protests, defying rising death toll and potential ...
Nov 14, 2022 · Demonstrations against Iran’s authoritarian regime continued for the 58th straight day Sunday despite the rising number of people killed by state forces and the Iranian parliament’s recent vote to execute protesters.. Omid Memarian, an Iranian journalist and communications director at Democracy for the Arab World Now, reports hundreds of people gathered Sunday in small groups outside Dey ...
Arizona’s abortion rights showdown as record-breaking support …
Aug 14, 2024 · Justice; Arizona’s abortion rights showdown as record-breaking support puts Proposition 139 on November ballot. As Arizona’s abortion rights amendment heads to a vote this November, the state’s largest-ever petition drive signals a pivotal moment in the battle for reproductive freedom.
California passes first US clothing recycling law: A bold step …
Oct 3, 2024 · Environment; California passes first US clothing recycling law: A bold step toward sustainability in fashion. The aim is to combat the growing environmental crisis posed by the fast fashion industry and textile waste, which has increasingly burdened the …
New stats, old story: Our rich are raking | NationofChange
Aug 22, 2023 · The typical net worth of French adults that year: $51,360. By the end of 2022, the typical French adult held $145,591 in personal wealth. The typical — median — U.S. adult wealth last year: just $107.739. Over that same two-decade-plus span, the typical Dutch median net worth jumped from $44,513 to $120,270, the typical Canadian from ...
Melanie Joy | NationofChange
Oct 1, 2024 · Melanie Joy, PhD, is a psychologist specializing in the psychology of oppression, social transformation, and relationships. She is a longtime advocate for justice and was a lecturer at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, for 11 years, where she taught courses on privilege and oppression, feminist psychology, psychological trauma, and animal rights.
Abortion rights defenders applaud judge’s block on Utah ‘trigger …
Jun 28, 2022 · Reproductive rights defenders on Monday welcomed a Utah judge’s 14-day injunction against the state’s so-called “trigger law” banning abortions in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v.Wade last week.. KSTU reports abortions were allowed to resume immediately after 3rd District Court Judge Andrew Stone approved a request from Planned Parenthood of Utah (PPAU) and the ...
USDA to distribute $2.2 billion in funding to Black farmers who ...
Sep 11, 2024 · But to the Black farmers that received the $500,000 maximum payment, McCurty “overjoyed” to see the money in action. John Boyd, president of the National Black Farmers Association, said the payout was “historic” after years of reported discrimination against Black farmers by the USDA’s loan system, an NPR analysis showed.